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Title: Economic data for wildland planning and management in the western United States: a source guide

Author: Eisenman, Eric; Wensel, Lee C.; Thor, Edward C.; Stuart, Thomas W.

Date: 1980

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-42. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Exp. Stn. 125 p

Station ID: GTR-PSW-042

Description: This guide identifies and describes sources of economic data useful to wildland managers and planners in the Western United States. The data are categorized by six types of management activities: outdoor recreation and wilderness; wildlife and fish; range; timber; land and water; and minerals and energy. For each type of activity, data sources are identified as to costs; outputs and their monetary values; nonmonetary data and impacts; information for supply and demand analysis; and secondary and indirect effects.

Keywords: wildland management, outdoor recreation, wilderness recreation, fish management, range management, timber management, land management, mineral lands, water resources, energy, Western United States, economic data, compendia

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Eisenman, Eric; Wensel, Lee C.; Thor, Edward C.; Stuart, Thomas W.  1980.  Economic data for wildland planning and management in the western United States: a source guide.   Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-42. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Exp. Stn. 125 p .